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Kawuka

Luganda → English

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Meaning

pr.n. the title of the chief goatherd of the Kabaka.

Kawuka pr.n. the title of the chief goatherd of the Kabaka.

Related Words
kawule (la) kind of creeper with thorns found near marshes. kawummunta (la) vagabond; beggar; sponger. cf. wummunta. kawumpuli no plur. (la) bubonic plague; serious disease; fig. plague curse; with caps, the name of a lubaale who caused plague. His temple was in Bulemezi. cf. kiwumpuli. Kawuula pr.n. title of one of the two officials at the court of the Kabaka entrusted with the keeping and playing of the royal drums known collectively as Mujaguzo. cf. 2Wuula. Kawuuta pr.n. title of the chief cook of the Kabaka. cf. wuuta. kawubyo a- (ka/bu) cheating; deceit; fraud. cf. ^wuba, wubya. kawuiula a- (ka/bu) kind of small green frog. kawujjo a- (ka/bu) scoop formed from a banana leaf used for drinking soup; scoopful (of paraffin, cooking oil, etc.). cf. ekiwujjo. kawuka a- (ka/bu) small insect; bug, small bug; germ; microbe; colloq. gonorrhea. cf. ekiwuka. kawulugumo a- adv. at a great speed, very rapidly, cf. wulugutna. kawulukusi (la) rare runner; courier. cf. wulukuka. kawulukutu (la) swelling in the ear often fatal, cf. okutu.